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Has anybody had the problem of ruined pants with black marks on right pant leg? So far I have ruined several pair of pants and can't figure out how it happens. Fred S Fred@ calfaucets.com

MNGreene | Août 14, 2014

does this have anything to do with your Model S?

J.T. | Août 14, 2014

@MNGreene Hilarious!

Anthony J. Parisio | Août 14, 2014

HAHAHAHA!

Kleist | Août 14, 2014

Did you wear the black pants?

Sam_S | Août 14, 2014

Be grateful it's just black marks and no lipstick.

tramline | Août 14, 2014

...ruining the very pants you were about to return...

hcwhy | Août 14, 2014

Every one is taking this as a joke...I guess it's hard not to, but actually, the MS is the first car I haven't had that problem in. For me it came from having something in my right pants pocket...usually the cell phone... that rubbed against the steering wheel. I tend to keep the steering wheel lower than most folks.
Now back to the jokes...are you sure the marks were black?

Iowa92x | Août 14, 2014

Skidmarks, time to swap in a new set of tighty whities.

P.Mac | Août 14, 2014

do you have a center console?

sberman | Août 14, 2014

Next time, try lifting the car with your left hand and see if the black mark shifts to your left leg.

Captain_Zap | Août 14, 2014

I had a passenger that almost ruined their pants when I didn't provide pre-acceleration warning.

mes0 | Août 14, 2014

It happens when you have something in your right pocket and your leg runs against the steering wheel when entering or exiting the car. Happens to me too.

mes0 | Août 14, 2014

Rubs*

mclary | Août 14, 2014

What is the point to your post?

rick | Août 14, 2014

Mclary, WHAT IS THE POINT TO YOUR STUPID POST?

karmamule | Août 15, 2014

Where are the marks on your pants? Up high? Down low? In front? In back? What kind of seats in your Model S? Why do you think the marks are related to your Tesla? (Assuming you're not just asking for sartorial advice regardless of car driven?)

Dwdnjck@ca | Août 15, 2014

I have had exactly the same problem with black marks mysteriously showing up at about the bottom of my pockets on my tan golf shorts. Since I've had this problem much longer than I've had my tesla, I must assume it is not caused by the car. I think they are caused by rubbing the steering wheel as I get in an out of the golf cart. I don't seem to get them when someone else drives, or I walk.

Dwdnjck@ca | Août 15, 2014

It usually washes out. Of course most all of my pants are wash and wear.

renwo S alset | Août 15, 2014

I have the same problem, but I blame it on the sweater I got for my birthday.

johncrab | Août 15, 2014

The only pants I've ever ruined happened 1) on I8 west into San Diego when three bags of ready-mix fell off a truck in front of me. 2) On 60 west into Phoenix when a large two-wheel hand cart, not secured in a pickup was lifted out of the bed by aerodynamic force and went about 40' into the air, up and over my car and into the hood of an unmarked DPS car behind me.

sbeggs | Août 15, 2014

@johncrab, wow, that is serious.
I'm thinking of all the recliners, bbq hoods, full tire rims, etc, I've seen in the fast lanes around San Diego. I am paranoid about small pick-up trucks or other vehicles bearing inadequately secured household goods and promptly change lanes to avoid the hazards.

Especially at night.

johncrab | Août 15, 2014

@sbeggs - Yeah, scary. It's one of the reasons why I'm rather timid about driving at night. In incident #2, the hand cart crushed the hood of the DPS cruiser and bounced into the median. I moved over a lane to give a very angry cop a straight run at the guy. The Crown Vic can really move.

hcwhy | Août 15, 2014

The hood on the car in front of me flew off and missed my car by inches. Most Darwin award winners were also drivers, unfortunately.

Craig Daugherty | Août 15, 2014

@hcwhy ~ Not "drivers". Vehicle operators.

Theresa | Août 15, 2014

And here I thought this was going to be about all the passengers that you took for a ride and ruined their pants due to the excitement.